Nelson DH8C at Blenheim on May 18th 2017, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: May 19, 2017 / 20:52:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Nelson

Flight number
NZ-8736

Aircraft Registration
ZK-NEF

ICAO Type Designator
DH8C

An Air Nelson de Havilland Dash 8-300 on behalf of ANZ Air New Zealand, registration ZK-NEF performing flight NZ-8736 from Blenheim to Wellington (New Zealand), was climbing out of Blenheim when the right hand engine (PW123) emitted creaking sounds followed by the crew shutting the engine down. The aircraft continued to Wellington for a safe landing about 20 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Wellington about 38 hours after landing.

The airline reported the crew shut the engine down as a precaution due to an engineering issue.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 18, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Nelson

Flight number
NZ-8736

Aircraft Registration
ZK-NEF

ICAO Type Designator
DH8C

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